Financial Operations Assistant Jobs in Colorado (NOW HIRING)

This posting will remain open continuously until filled. 

Salary Range: $92,996.80 - $130,228.80

Anticipated Hiring Range: $$109,360.16 - $$116,055.68

The Town of Castle Rock’s future and the quality of that depend on the choices we make today. Do you want to be part of a team that make decisions that work now while preserving and protecting Castle Rock’s identity and quality of life for the future? We value teamwork, cooperation, and quality communication. We strive to provide exceptional public service to our customers and encourage creativity and innovation. We welcome all that share those values to apply. 

Working for the Town of Castle Rock includes:

• The opportunity to make a difference in our community 
• Career Advancement Programs
• Employee well-being program
• Competitive total compensation with an excellent benefits package
• Free membership to the MAC or Recreation Center
• Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness eligible employer 

Position Overview:

The Town of Castle Rock has an outstanding opportunity for a Sr. Financial Systems Analyst in our Finance Department. This position serves as the Finance Department’s functional subject matter expert for the Town’s financial management system and related Finance applications. This position supports system configuration, workflows, roles and access, reporting, data integrity, vendor-supported changes, and alignment between the system and Finance business processes. This position is not technical system administrator. Technical administration, infrastructure, integrations, and security architecture are coordinated with the Division of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) and system vendors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as the Finance Department’s primary functional owner for financial system processes, configuration needs, user roles, workflows, reporting, and related Finance applications.
• Support the configuration, maintenance, testing, and improvement of financial system modules, workflows, approval paths, business rules, forms, templates, and system settings.
• Coordinate Finance system user roles, permissions, access requests, and security reviews in accordance with internal controls, segregation of duties, and Town policies.
• Supports financial system implementations, upgrades, testing, integrations, training, and change management efforts by serving as a Finance subject matter expert and functional resource.
• Work with Finance staff to understand accounting, budgeting, procurement, payroll, accounts payable, and reporting processes and ensure system configuration supports those processes.
• Serve as the primary Finance liaison with system vendors, implementation partners, and consultants for configuration support, issue resolution, enhancements, upgrades, and system questions. Acts as the primary Finance liaison with IT, vendors and implementation partners.
• Work collaboratively with the DoIT to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Finance systems, including access, integrations, data, and system functionality.
• Document Finance system processes, configuration decisions, user roles, workflows, procedures, and recurring system support tasks.  Develops Finance technology roadmap and recommends system improvements.
• Review, troubleshoot, and resolve functional system issues; coordinate with DoIT or vendors when technical support is required.
• Assist in reviewing, tracking, and testing system updates, configuration changes, enhancements, and upgrades.
• Support financial reporting by creating, maintaining, or coordinating standard reports, queries, dashboards, data exports, and related reporting functions used by Finance and other departments.
• Audit financial system data, user access, roles, workflows, and related controls to help maintain data integrity and support established internal control requirements.
• Monitor financial data for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and alignment with Finance processes and reporting needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, reduce manual work, and improve user experience within the financial system.
• Provide first-level functional support and guidance to Finance system users, escalating technical or vendor-supported issues.
• Provide training, guidance, and support to Finance staff and other system users.
• Participate in financial system implementation, process redesign, and continuous improvement projects.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Education:  Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or closely related field from an accredited college or university
Experience: At least four to seven (4-7) years' of progressively responsible experience in financial operations, accounting, budgeting, procurement, or payroll, including experience supporting, configuring, implementing, or using a financial system, ERP system, accounting system, budgeting system, procurement system, or similar business application; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Experience working with financial business processes such as accounting, budgeting, procurement, accounts payable, payroll, grants, capital projects, or financial reporting.

• Experience coordinating with software vendors, consultants, technical staff, or implementation partners.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of financial systems, ERP platforms, accounting systems, budgeting systems, procurement systems, and related business applications.
• Knowledge of Finance business processes, internal controls, approval workflows, user access controls, and financial reporting practices.
• Skill in analyzing business processes and translating operational needs into system configuration, reports, workflows, procedures, or support requests.
• Skill in troubleshooting functional system issues and coordinating resolution with users, vendors, and technical staff.
• Skill in documenting system processes, configuration decisions, procedures, roles, and user guidance.
• Skill in supporting financial reports, queries, data extracts, dashboards, and reconciliations.
• Ability to understand how system configuration affects accounting, budgeting, procurement, payroll, reporting, and internal controls.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, support system users, and coordinate system changes in a structured manner.
• Ability to communicate technical and financial information clearly to users, Finance staff, DoIT staff, vendors, and leadership.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive financial, payroll, personnel, and system access information.

Physical Demands:

• Sedentary work for long periods of time
• Occasional physical work lifting no more than 10 pounds 
• Occasional lifting, carrying, walking and standing
• Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Frequent hand/eye coordination to operate personal computer and office equipment
• Vision for reading, recording and interpreting information
• Speech communication and hearing to maintain communication with employees and citizens

Work Environment:

• Works primarily in a clean, comfortable environment

Equipment Used: 

• Uses standard office equipment including a personal computer system
• This position may require the incumbent to occasionally use personal equipment (e.g. vehicle, cell phone, tools, etc.) in the course of their employment.

Must satisfactorily complete a criminal background check prior to commencing employment.